The World of Blogs – That was Then, This is Now
Published August 6, 2010 | 
Even though five years can fly by relatively fast, in Web time five years can be like centuries with the rapid advances and changes that have occurred, particularly in the world of blogs since 2005, a year that saw a lot of significant startups and developments including YouTube and the foundations of blogging.
Since then sites have been created, sites have faded and died, while other sites have grown up and effectively changed with the latest waves in technology and market trends. Completely new blogging formats and platforms have been born and business empires grown from the simple foundations of the humblest of blog beginnings.
The blogging world we know today is more diversified than five years ago, but only a relatively few number of blogs have risen to the position of domination across the new media landscape. In addition, the blogging world of today is powered and influenced in many ways by Social Media which was just starting its infant stage five years ago and barely an afterthought in anyone’s mind at the time.
A look back at the last five years in the blogging world might help us better understand the future world of blogging.
Midway through 2005 the world of blogs grew to over 14 million and growing at a strong clip of approximately 80 thousand new blogsites each and everyday, come rain or shine. In 2005 most of the new bloggers “journaled” mostly random thoughts and boring clichéd entries, and transitioned the blog world to one that now supports a growing number of rapidly escalating media empires, each unique in their own ways.
Today, as you might know, blogging has entered the mainstream of the Web consciousness and proven to be a legitimate source of media, reprogramming how people throughout business and industry think about 
blogs with a much greater understanding and respect, although the vast majority of blogs are still likely to be personal in nature, which is not to say their reader traffic is small as some enjoy several million each month.
According to the 2009 State of the Blogosphere report by Technorati, professional bloggers are blogging more than ever, while hobbyists are blogging less, even with 133 million blogs and counting, and we strongly suspect that Social Media has something to do with the trend.